I just started playing this game, and I'm really enjoying it. I had a question though regarding the monster. About 30 seconds before I first encountered him, I heard the same notification sound that occurs when you have any issue (fever, need water, drowning, etc.) but I looked at the bottom of the screen and didn't get a message like usual (it will tell you "you are drowning, press H for help"). It happened another time as well, although I had to quit the game early and didn't get a chance to see if the monster was there or not.

Does a sound play when the creature spawns or was it something unrelated. If so, what could it be relating to that if wouldn't display a notification message?


EDIT: So after playing for a while I no longer hear the noise, and the monster will appear without any indication. I'm guessing that maybe it only plays the sound in the first few days that the monster can spawn in order to let the player know something is going on.

Every time the monster is near you, you can hear the heartbeat of your character. Additionally the heartbeat becomes louder the closer the monster is.

Thanks! I actually beat the game not long after posting that (I loved it!) so this post brings back good memories.

Yeah the heartbeat became instant stress when I heard it. It seem to me that the very first time the monster appeared after the first few days (I think I restarted at one point so I replayed the beginning) the notification sound played, but after that first sound I never heard it again.